Nolan Ryan was still pitching. George Brett was still hitting. Sparky Anderson was still managing. Yes, it's been a long time since the first edition of Topps Finest baseball cards was introduced. Twenty-six years later, the latest edition of the long-running brand will arrive June 5. 2019 Topps Finest will be released in the now … [Read more...]
Review: Finest Doesn’t Disappoint, But About Those Refractors…
Whenever I’m due to write about a new release, I try to visit one of my local card shops to get a retail point of view about the viability of the issue. They usually have some trenchant comments about every issue. Sometimes an owner can go on a bit of a rant but most of the time, the opinions are based on the experiences his collectors are relaying to him. The owner of … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: Bowman MLB Throwing High Heat
If you read the title of today’s (semi) weekly effort, you probably would think I was going to give another rah-rah job for the newest Bowman MLB release. While you would be partially right, we are going through 2015 Bowman regular and jumbo boxes and cases of MLB like crazy; 2015 is quickly turning into the season of the prospect card. In most years, baseball sales are … [Read more...]
Topps Finest 2015 Box Break-Review
As I started writing this, one of my favorite Internet radio stations, Rewound Radio, was playing a truly great but barely remembered single by Teddy Pendergrass titled: "I Don't Love You Anymore". This song was a big hit in the NY/Philadelphia area but did not translate well to the rest of the country and settled at a high position of #41 on the Billboard charts. While I love … [Read more...]